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Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms OUR VISION: A world where people experience God’s love and are made whole. OUR MISSION: To share the love of Jesus through compassion, inclusivity, creativity and learning. Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms Thursday 24 May 2018 5:15 p.m. Interfaith Evening Service Commemorating Leonard Bernstein Thursday 24 May 2018 • 5:15 pm Welcome to Grace Cathedral. Today’s service celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth (25 August 1918 – 14 October 1990). A visionary composer, lyricist, and social activist, Bernstein was deeply rooted in his Jewish identity and also composed music for Christian contexts. The cathedral’s commemoration takes on this interfaith dimension, as Jewish and Christian traditions share in both Bernstein’s music and the psalms as a primary prayer book. In Bernstein's memory, we give thanks, we sing together, and pray that our capacity to love may never be diminished. About the Chichester Psalms. The Cathedral of Chichester, in Sussex, England, has a rich music tradition, including an annual summer choral festival with the neighboring cathedrals in Winchester and Salisbury. For the 1965 Festival, Leonard Bernstein was commissioned to write these psalms, which were completed 7 May 1965. Their world premiere took place three months later, with the composer conducting the New York Philharmonic with a mixed-voice choir, the Camerata Singers. The first performance of the original version, for an all-male choir, was heard on 31 July 1965, at Chichester. Voluntary Two Meditations Samuel Adler The people stand as the procession enters. Opening Sentence Said by the officiant. Hymn 401 Sung by all. Leoni b b œ œ & b b œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ ˙. Theœ God of A-braham praise, who reigns en - throned a-bove; He by him - self hath sworn: we on his oath de - pend; There dwells the Lord, our King, the Lord, our Right - eous-ness, The God who reigns on high the great arch - an - gels sing, b œ & b bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙. An - cient of ev - er - last - ing days, and God of love; we shall, on ea - gle - wings up - borne, to heaven a-scend: tri-um - phant o’er the world and sin, the Prince of Peace; and “Ho - ly, ho - ly, ho - ly,” cry, “Al - might - y King! b b & b b œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the Lord, the great I AM, by earth and heaven con - fessed:n˙ we shall be - hold his face, we shall his power a-dore, on Zi - on’s sa - cred height his king - dom he main -tains, Who was, and is, the same, and ev - er - more shall be: b b œ œ œ œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙. weœ bow and bless the sa - cred Name for ev - er blest. and sing the won-ders of his grace for ev - er - more. and, glo - rious with his saints in light, for ev - er reigns. e-ter-nal Fa - ther, great I AM, we wor-ship thee.” text: Thomas Olivers (1725-1790), alt.; music: Hebrew Melody, harm. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, alt. The Readings Reflections on the Psalms The people sit. by C. S. Lewis read by Michael Pappas The most obvious fact about praise—whether of God or anything—strongly escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise […] The world rings with praise-lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game, praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, motors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages, children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps, rare beetles, even sometimes politicians and scholars. […] Except where intolerably adverse circumstances interfere, praise almost seems to be the inner health made audible. (from Reflections on the Psalms IX: A Word about Praising) Chichester Psalms: i Sung by the choir in Hebrew. Leonard Bernstein ;Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp עּורָ ה, הַ ּנ ֵבֶלוְכִ ּנֹור (I myself will waken the dawn. (Psalm 108:2 אָ עִ י רָ ה שָ חַ ר : ;Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands הָ י רִ ע ּו לַ י ה וָ ה , כָ ל - הָ אָ רֶ ץ : serve the Lord with gladness עִ ד בְ ּו אֶ ת - ְ י ה וָ ה בְ שִ מְ חָ ה .and come before his presence with a song בֹ אּו לְ פָ נָ יו, בִ רְ נָ נָ ה: ;Know this: The Lord himself is God דְ עּוכִ ייְהוָ ה, הּוא אֱ ֹלהִ ים: ;he himself has made us, and we are his הּוא- עָ שָ נ ּו ,ו ל א אֲ נ ַ חְ נ ּו .we are his people and the sheep of his pastureעַ ּמֹו, וְ צֹאן מַרְ עִ יתֹו: ;Enter his gates with thanksgivingבֹאּו שְ עָרָ יו, בְ תֹודָ ה ;go into his courts with praise חֲ צֵ ר ֹ תָ י ו בִ תְ הִ לָ ה .give thanks to him and call upon his Name הֹודּו-לֹו, בָרְ כּו שְ מֹו: ;For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting כִ י-טֹוב יְהוָ ה, לְ עֹולָם חַסְ דֹו .his faithfulness endures from age to age וְעַ andד-דֹר וָ דֹר, אֱ מּונָתֹו: (Ps. 100) Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25 read by Rita R. Semel I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the word of the Lord his works are made; and all his creatures do his will. The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory. The Lord has not empowered even his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works, which the Lord the Almighty has established so that the universe may stand firm in his glory. He searches out the abyss and the human heart; he understands their innermost secrets. For the Most High knows all that may be known; he sees from of old the things that are to come. He discloses what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the traces of hidden things. No thought escapes him, and nothing is hidden from him. He has set in order the splendors of his wisdom; he is from all eternity one and the same. Nothing can be added or taken away, and he needs no one to be his counsellor. How desirable are all his works, and how sparkling they are to see! All these things live and remain for ever; each creature is preserved to meet a particular need. All things come in pairs, one opposite to the other, and he has made nothing incomplete. Each supplements the virtues of the other. Who could ever tire of seeing his glory? 2 Chichester Psalms: ii Sung in Hebrew. Bernstein .The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not wantיְהוָ ה רֹעִ י לֹא אֶחְסָ ר: ,He maketh me to lie down in green pastures בִ א נְ ֹו ת דֶ שֶ א יַ רְ בִ י צֵ נִ י ,He leadeth me beside the still waters עַ ל-מֵ ימְ נֻ חֹות יְ נַ הֲ לֵ נִ י: ,He restoreth my soul נַ פְ שִ י יְ שֹובֵ ב ,He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness יַ נְ חֵ נִ י בְ מַ עְ גְ לֵ י ־ צֶ דֶ ק .For His name’s sake ןלְמַעַ שְ מֹו: Yea, though I walk גַ םכִ ־ י אֵ לֵ ְך ,Through the valley of the shadow of death בְ גֵ י א צַ לְ מָ וֶ ת ,I will fear no evil ל ֹ א ־ אִ י רָ א רָ ע .For Thou art with me כִ י ־ אַ תָ ה עִ ָ ּמדִ י Thy rod and Thy staff שִבְ טְ ָךּו מִ שְ נ עַ ְ תֶ ָך (They comfort me. (Psalm 23:1–4 הֵ ָ ּמה ְ י ַ נ חֲ מֻ נִ י : ,Why do the nations rage לָמָהרָ גְ ׁשּו גֹויִ ם ?And the people imagine a vain thing ּולְ אֻ י מִ םי ֶ הְ ּג ּו ־ רִ י ק : ,The kings of the earth set themselves תְיִ יַ צְ בּו מַ לְ כֵ י ־אֶ רֶ ץ And the rulers take counsel together רֹווְ זְ נִ םי נֹוסְ דּו ־ יָ חַ ד .Against the Lord and against His anointed עַ ל ־ יְ ה וָ ה וְ עַ ל ־ מְ י ִ ׁשח ֹו : ,Saying, let us break their bands asunder נְנַתְקָ האֶ ת־מֹוסְ רֹותֵ ימֹו .And cast away their cords from us וְ ַנ ְלִי ׁש הכָ מִ מֶ ּנ ּו ב עֲ ֹ י תֵ מ ֹו He that sits in the heavens י ֹו ֵ ׁשב בַ שָ מַ ִ י ם Shall laugh, and the Lord ִ י שְ חָ ק אֲ דֹ ָ נ י (Shall have them in derision! (Ps. 2:1–4 לְ יִ עַ ־ ג לָ מ ֹו : Thou preparest a table before me תַ ר עֲ ֹ ְך לְ פָ נַ י שֻ לְ חָ ן ,In the presence of my enemiesנֶגֶ ד צֹרְרָ י ,Thou anointest my head with oil דִ שַ ְ נ תָ בַ שֶ מֶ ן ר ֹ א שִ י .My cup runneth over כ ֹו סִ י רְ ָ ו ָ י ה : Surely goodness and mercy אַ ְך ט ֹו ב וָ חֶ סֶ ד ,Shall follow me all the days of my life יִרְ דְ פּונִ י כָ ל ־ יְ מֵ י חַ יָ י And I will dwell in the house of the Lord וְ שַ בְ תִ י בְ בֵ י ת ־ יְ ה וָ ה (Forever.
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